Vietnamese jazz band Đàn Đó spend a week in Scotland in a boundary-breaking exchange programme.

A unique combo of Vietnamese jazz and Scottish folk music took to stages across Scotland in May, including a performance at the Glasgow Jazz Festival - the culmination of a boundary-breaking exchange programme between artists from the two nations. In a collaboration between Fèis Rois, Glasgow Jazz Festival, and the British Council, the acclaimed Vietnamese indigenous jazz band Đàn Đó and saxophonist Quyền Thiện Đắc spent a week in the Highlands with renowned Scottish musicians including Whistle player Ali Levack, percussionist Tom Bancroft, with James Mackay on the guitar, and saxophonist Sue McKenzie. As part of the residency, the musicians performed together at the Black Isle and in Ullapool, giving audiences in the Highlands a chance to hear a new sound blending Vietnamese folk melodies with Scottish traditional music and jazz improvisation.